Monday, April 11


Get Ready

Sit with your technology partner(s)
Write a brief explanation of your technology at the top of your paper
Define your Net Gen characteristics around the edges of you paper

Gallery Walk - Marker Talk

Travel to each station with your partner
Spend 10 minutes thinking about their technology and Net Gen characteristics
Add ideas about how these can be used in EDUCATION

Wrap Up

Read what everyone else wrote on your paper
Look at examples of devices that blend technology (links below)
Come up with a video pitch for you education new use of technology

Nokia Mixed Reality
Dinosaurs Alive
StreetMuseum

Tuesday, April 12 - Thursday, April 14


Check your RSS Dashboard!

Respond and contribute to the work and conversations that have been happening on your team

Video Overview and Ideas

Share your video pitches with your classmates - listen for concepts/approaches to borrow/adapt
Read the Video Overview information on the NetGenEd Wiki
Take a look at the Rubric so you know how your video will be assessed

Why Storyboard?





Story(board) Time

Choose any storyboard template you like
Create a storyboard for your individual video project
Refer to the examples of camera angles and shot types

Sign Up to Give and Receive Video Clips

Select a scene or shot from your storyboard to "outsource"
Follow the directions for Outsourcing and post a description of your request
Select an outsourced clip request from a student at another school
Sign up on the Outsourcing page to fulfill the request

Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers

Don't forget to fill out this form each week

Monday, April 18


Double-check and Catch-up Time

1. Check your RSS dashboard
2. Communicate and contribute to your team's work on the wiki
3. Add to the Discussion forum on your NetGenEd wikipage
  • Remember to label new discussion threads with your team and an informative title
  • For example, "F.5 Overview paragraph needs citations"

Add an Image

Add a CC-licensed image to your NetGenEd wikipage
  • Include the credit line as a caption

Sign Up for Outsourcing

  • Sign up to request an outsourced clip for your video
  • Sign up to give a clip to someone else by adding your name to "Requested of"

Tuesday, April 18 - Thursday, April 21


Core Objectives

Film and upload ALL outsourced video clips by the end of this week (Thursday)!

Add your clip to the video page on the Ning

Give your video clip appropriate title, description, and tags: netgened2011, the standard tag for your technology topic, etc.
Be sure to leave a link to the video on the outsource page under "Date Received"

Need a break?

Test your Google search skills with A Google a Day
Help Google organize all the images on the Web with the Google Image Labeler game

Friday, April 22

School Holiday

Monday, April 25

All outsourced requests must be uploaded today!
Help each other get this done.

Tuesday, April 26-Friday, April 29
TAKS testing

Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 6

Create and upload your videos

Video Creation Process Checklist

1. Create the footage you need for your video.
2. Download the outsourced clip you received from someone else.
3. Edit your video together.
Things to consider when editing:
  • Transitions
  • Music
  • Voice over
  • Effects
  • Title
  • Credits
4. Upload your video to the Ning - give it an appropriate title, description, and tags (including ISA and standard tag for your topic)
5. Add your video to the appropriate master list of videos for judging - use the video template and follow the directions for video numbering

Sources for Creative Commons Images

The search portal on the CC website
Google Advanced Image Search (select Usage Rights)
Flickr's Creative Commons Portal
Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search
Behold
Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool- Here are some instructions for using Compfight
FlickrStorm (save CC images with a URL)
FlickrCC

Sources for Creative Commons Music

CCMixter (listen, sample, mash-up, or interact with Creative Commons licensed music)
The Freesound Project(database of Creative Commons licensed sounds)
Jamendo (searchable by Creative Commons license type)
CC Audio
CC Search Engine
CC Content Directories